STAYING PUT

One ally of Mr Johnson said: “It all looks a bit convenient. Boris is screwed and the Brexiteers are targeted. I know they say it’s independent, but we all know what can happen with commissions.”

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Carrie Symonds, 30, and Boris Johnson, 54, at the Tories' Black and White Ball in February

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Carrie recently left the party, amid concerns she was too friendly with leading Brexiteers, including Boris and Michael Gove

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Boris, 54, announced on Friday that he and wife Marina Wheeler, 54, are divorcing

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Carrie was named as the UK’s second most powerful public relations professional

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She quit the Tories this summer and was due to start her new job at Bloomberg yesterday - but this has been postponedCredit: Refer to Caption

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Ms Symonds has advised some of the top Tories, including ex-Home Secretary Amber Rudd

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The Sun Says: Not for turning

PARLIAMENT’S seats must be reformed to make elections fairer.

The logic is ­unassailable. MPs must not reject it out of self-interest.

It’s not a plot by the independent Boundary Commission against Brexiters. Nor is it against Labour, who ­routinely end up with more MPs than they deserve because they need fewer votes to win safe seats than the Tories.

Each vote must carry the same weight.

So boundaries must change and constituencies must be evened up, regardless of the upheaval — or the senior politicians inconvenienced. It would have been done years ago had the Lib Dems not ratted on a deal in Coalition.

Reducing the number of MPs makes sense too, not least to save taxpayers money. Outside China, North Korea and Brussels, the Commons is the world’s second-biggest legislature.

The first? The absurdly bloated House of Lords. Take the scythe to that next.